Senior Health & Safety Advisor
- Senior Health & Safety Advisor Unity Recruitment are seeking an experienced Lead Health & Safety Advisor.
You will be instrumental in developing and implementing health and safety strategies and ensuring compliance with legislation and internal standards. We're seeking an experienced Health & Safety Advisor who will be responsible for leading the health, safety, and environmental within the Rail, Power & Tunneling and Highways Sectors creating an ethos of collaboration and shared purpose between the Safe, Sustainability, Wellbeing Function, employees, Principal Contractors and Customers. The position would require travel to sites, offices frequently with a maximum of 1 day working from home a week. Key Responsibilities Health Promote, champion and implement across Rail, Power, Tunnelling, Fire, & Facilities projects and offices, the Wellbeing component of the Sustainable and Wellbeing Strategy. Provide support, guidance and advice on health and wellbeing matters, in-line with Management Systems and Customer/ Principal Contractor requirements. Conduct focused project site health and wellbeing training as required.
Conduct health focused monitoring as required.
Provide coaching and instruction to the Project employees and contractors with regards to health, and wellbeing.
Provide support, guidance and advice to both office and site location on health matters, in-line with our H&S Policies and Procedures. Safety Promote, champion and implement across Rail, Power, Tunnelling, Fire, & Highways projects and offices, the Safe component of the Safe, Sustainable and Wellbeing Strategy. Provide support, guidance and advice on safety matters, in-line with Integrated Management Systems (IMS) and Customer/ Principal Contractor requirements. Provide support, guidance and advice to both office and site locations on safety matters, in-line with our IMS Policies and Procedures. Conduct weekly site safety inspections, ensuring any action plans implemented have been communicated with the Project Manager/s and subsequently implemented on the project site. Conduct procedural and management system focused audits and reviews.
Review project site Work Package Plans, Task Briefing Sheets, method statements and risk assessments, including associated plans in line with planned work activities.
Generate and conduct toolbox talks, generate and brief safety alerts and assist in customer/ principal contractor briefings when called upon.
Provide coaching and instruction to health and safety advisors, Project employees and contractors with regards to safety.
Ensure all incidents, observations and suggestions are correctly reported, where necessary investigated, and support provided to the project teams to close out and address issues raised.
Asist in the generation, review and maintenance of project specific Health, Safety and Environmental Management Plans (HASEMP).
Attend and provide health, safety and wellbeing input at Principal Contractor/ Customer Project safety meetings.
Attend and provide health and safety input at Business Sector/ Project Meetings.
Communicate to the Head of Operational Health and Safety on matters of health, safety and environment including updates on Asite (Reporting System).
Maintain project specific Health, Safety and Environmental performance indicators including customer indicators.
Environment Promote, champion and implement across projects and offices, the Sustainable component of the Safe, Sustainable and Wellbeing Strategy.
Provide support, guidance and advice to both office and site locations on environmental matters, in-line with our environmental Policies and Procedures.
Provide support, guidance and advice on environmental matter, in-line with Management Systems and Principal Contractor requirements.
Conduct, as minimum, formal monthly process focused environmental audits on projects, ensuring improvement actions are issued, implemented, and embedded based on the ethos of continuous improvement.
Conduct focused project site environmental training as required.
Support processes, memberships and focused accreditations associated within the wider Business. What We're Looking For In depth and demonstratable understanding of health and safety legislation.
Working and demonstratable understanding of electrical and mechanical standards.
Working and demonstratable understanding of industry/ customer standards linked to NWR, LUL, National highways, UKPN.
In depth knowledge of CDM.
Demonstrable experience of ISO 45001.
NEBOSH Diploma/ NCRQ Diploma.
CSCS/ ECS card - Safety Related.
IOSH Certified Level Membership.
Full UK driver's license.
Previous experience as a Health and Safety Manager in a Tier 1/ 2 Organisation.
Previous experience within Rail, Power, Highways and/or tunnelling sectors.
At least 3 demonstrable years' experience in a MEP construction based health and safety advisory role.
Experience in carrying out accident and incident investigations.
Experience generation, implementation and reviewing policies and procedures. If this Health & Safety Advisor role is of interest to you, then please apply with your updated CV today. For further information, please call Carly on 0203 6685680 ext 113.
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